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Coloring markers for toddlers?

fusionbridefusionbride member
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Do you let your toddler use markers?  what kind do you recommend?

LO loves drawing, but only with adult pens and highlighters (which she learned from visiting her grandparents).  She is not interested in crayons at all, but LOVES the pens and highlighters.  but she gets it all over herself, her clothes, the floor etc, so I'd like to find kid-friendly pens that will be easier to wash out etc.  She is only 18 months, so what are the easiest ones for them to use at that age etc?  or is that just too young to use pens, and I should keep pushing the crayons and hope she'll warm up to them?



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  • minervacullenminervacullen member
    We use crayola washable. That stuff is super washable and nontoxic. DS is 7, so she often steals his stuff and the non washable ones suck.


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  • jnnfrrose6jnnfrrose6 member
    We use the crayola magic ones that only show up on special paper.
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  • mb314mb314 member
    We also use the Crayola washable markers, although DS really isn't interested in coloring.  He would much rather link the markers together and put them in the box, take them out of the box....
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  • baloneydiscbaloneydisc member
    We use the Crayola Washable markers too. DD loves them. I put a wipe on the table next to her and she will wipe her hands or say uh-oh and I wipe her hands. The marker comes right off.
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  • vvvvvfeevvvvvfee member
    also recommending washable markers. i think the crayons require too much pressure and hand control for young toddlers to really be able to use them well.

    the washable markers really do come off everything- clothes, furniture, walls, etc. crayola also makes "pip-squeaks" markers that are shorter and would be easier to handle.
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  • fusionbridefusionbride member
    thanks everyone!

    we have tried the highchair thing, but i feel like she eats the pens/crayons more when she's in there.  But I do like the mess containment.  

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